Germ Free Adolescents Lyrics
I'd like to get to know you, you're deep frozen like the ice
Cleans her teeth ten times a day
Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the S.R. way
Rinse your mouth with Listerine, blow disinfectant in her eyes
Cleans her teeth ten times a day
Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the S.R. way
It's her built-in protection, without fear she'd give up and die
Cleans her teeth ten times a day
Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the S.R. way
Cleans her teeth ten times a day
Scrub away, scrub away, scrub away the S.R. way
I have long felt that this was one of the most beautiful songs ever written. I have known people like this -- nominally terrified of disease, but really terrified of human contact. It's a method of control. There's a bit of ambiguity in the last line: does she need a phobia, or an infection to survive? My suspicion, and it is only a suspicion, is that s.r. must mean "state recommended."
actually, SR was a British toothpaste. but I think your interpretation was insightful.
actually, SR was a British toothpaste. but I think your interpretation was insightful.
@asstronaut The song is about incecurity that comes from feeling out of control. The creation of 'phobials' helps give the sufferer something to control, providing them with the illusion that they are in control when they are actually stil not in control, because none of us can control the environment we live in. This reflects Poly's own struggle with mental health issues throughout her life.
@asstronaut The song is about incecurity that comes from feeling out of control. The creation of 'phobials' helps give the sufferer something to control, providing them with the illusion that they are in control when they are actually stil not in control, because none of us can control the environment we live in. This reflects Poly's own struggle with mental health issues throughout her life.
The line 'scrub away the SR way' is a direct reference to an advert for Gibbs SR toothpaste, that had the tagline, "Clean your teeth the SR way". Poly was a sharp commentator on modern...
The line 'scrub away the SR way' is a direct reference to an advert for Gibbs SR toothpaste, that had the tagline, "Clean your teeth the SR way". Poly was a sharp commentator on modern life and it's no coincidence that an advert for Gibbs SR toothpaste was the first ever advert shown on broadcast TV, this was Poly subverting the media.
She was smart, funny and a true original, she will be greatly missed, the world is a poorer place without her.
This song reminds me of the Buzzcocks, Why Can't I Touch It?... or vice-versa.
The SR way refers to SR toothpaste.
O.C.D. I love this song.
Very beatuful song indeed.
Whose slogan/advert at one tiome was "brush away, the SR way"